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NJMAAwards, Citations and Campaign RibbonsPrecedence of awards is from top to bottom, left to right
Top Row - American Campaign Medal
Bottom Row - Europe-Africa-Middle East Campaign Medal - Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal - World War II Victory MedalUSS General W. P. Richardson (AP-118) was manned by the US Coast Guard during World War II

Wilds Preston Richardson, born in Texas 20 March 1861, graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1884 and served on the American frontier and in Alaska. During World War I, he commanded the 155th Depot Brigade, Camp Lee, Va., and later the 78th Infantry Brigade, Camp Beauregard, La. He sailed in August 1918 for France where he led in turn the 78th Infantry Brigade, 39th Division and the 55th Brigade, 28th Division to March 1919. General Richardson participated in the Meuse-Argonne Sector and commanded the A.E.F. in northern Russia, receiving the Distinguished Service Medal for the latter duty. Following his return to the United States in 1919 he served in Georgia, Washington, D.C., and the state of Washington. He died in Washington, D.C., 20 May 1929.
Photo: Alaska Historical Library

USS General W. P. Richardson (AP-118) docked at the North Side Pier of 4, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation.Official US Army photo produced by US Army Signal Corps, Hampton Roads Port of Embarkation, 13 January 1945. Photo now in the collections of the Library of Virginia. Image No. C1:2/27/032.

The Library of Virginia, US Army Signal Corps Photograph Collection

USAT General W. P. Richardson

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USAT General W. P. Richardson arriving at a US port with returning G.I.s, circa 1946, place unknown.